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light487
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light487
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09/27/2007 1:32 am
Hey thanks for the replies.. when I first came up with the solo my first thought was B Phrygian or Lydian but I was only really guessing.. I don't understand though how it can be G Major key though. The chord progression of the September Solo Assignment is:
INTRO: Em - C -D
VERSES: Em-Am-D-G-C-F-B7
ENDING: Em-C-D

but I understand the scale bit now..

G Major Scale
G A B C D E F#

Which are the notes I am playing.. and I am starting from the 3rd, so yes.. that is a B Phrygian. Makes perfect sense now that it's been brought to my attention... haha.. I feel stupid.. But why does the G Major Scale work when the chord progression doesn't have the G Major chord as a dominant chord?


Also..
A minor-Major 7 = 1st, b3rd, 5th, 7th (A-C-E-G#)

Is it more proper to say flat-3rd? or minor-3rd?.. and with the 5th.. is it more proper to say flat-5th? or diminished-5th?
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